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Estonia fines Russian for DoS 'cyber war'

2008-01-26 03:37:24 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
20 year old ethnic Russian man is the first person to be convicted for taking part in a "cyber war" against Estonia.Dmitri Galushkevich was fined 17,500 kroons (830) for an attack which blocked the website of the Reform Party of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
 
Tags: cyber war, dmitri galushkevich, estonia, ethnic russian, reform party, kroons, website, attack, fined
 
 
 
 
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Russian hosting network running a protection racket, researcher says

2008-02-19 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The notorious Russian Business Network is running a protection racket that extorts up to $2,000 a month for "protective Web services" from borderline sites, a researcher alleged today
 
Tags: protection racket, protective web services, researcher, borderline sites, extorts, month
 
 
 
 
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Russian hosting network runs a protection racket

2008-02-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b42838 in Network World on Security
 
The Russian Business Network, a notorious hacker and malware hosting network, runs a protection racket that extorts as much as $2,000 a month in fees for "protective Web services" from borderline sites, a researcher alleged Tuesday
 
Tags: network, protection racket, russian business network, protective web services, notorious hacker, runs, borderline sites, month, malware
 
 
 
 
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Data Theft "Russian-Style"

2008-03-24 13:43:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Russian-style So, you are a CSO for a major org (say a government agency, a bank or an Internet provider); you walk down the street and pass a typical street vendor selling books, software, etc. Suddenly you see "a database on DVD" for sale. You look closely and - oops! - it is your customer database with names, passport numbers, addresses,...
 
Tags: street, typical street vendor, data theft, fun observation, fun, cso summit, major org, org, database
 
 
 
 
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Caught Red-Handed: Russian MiG Downs a Georgian Drone

2008-04-21 20:50:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
A Russian MiG 29 shoots down what the neighboring Georgians claim was an unarmed drone used by their interior ministry. And what's more, they say they've got the proof ... on video
 
Tags: russian mig, georgians claim, drone, interior ministry, video, shoots, proof
 
 
 
 
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Russian Hackers To Lithuania: All Your Base Are Belong To Us

2008-07-05 18:36:26 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Hundreds of Lithuanian government and corporate Web sites were hacked and plastered with Soviet-era symbols and other digital graffiti this week in what appears to be a coordinated cyber attack launched by Russian hacker groups
 
Tags: russian hacker, cyber attack, soviet-era symbols, web sites, digital graffiti, lithuanian government, week, appears, hundreds
 
 
 
 
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Lithuania Attacked by Russian Hacktivists, 300 Sites Defaced

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2008-07-07 01:19:13 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Russian Internet forums But why did they signalled their intentions, compared to keeping them quiet and attack Lithuania surprisingly? Another relevant use of PSYOPS , namely the biased exclusiveness and keeping a non-existent status bar for the upcoming attacks. And since they can launch a coordinated attack at the country at any time...
 
Tags: lithuania, attack lithuania surprisingly, estonia, estonia attack, sites, attack, attack strategy, attacks based, attacks
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
...Russian and Ukranian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part of his new job with a private American defense consulting firm, Wired.com has learned Weldon, who is currently being investigated by the FBI over alleged corruption during his time in office, visited Libya in March to discuss a possible military deal,...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers
 
 
 
 
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Wired.com and History.com Getting RBN-ed

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2008-03-10 14:20:33 by HASH0x8aeaaa0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Russian Business Network's known netblocks given the high page ranks of the current and the previous targets, it is evident that the malicious parties are prioritizing based on the possibility to abuse input validation on high page rank-ed sites, presumably in an automated fashion Keep it Simple Stupid works, as since they cannot find a...
 
Tags: malware, vbs malware, malware attack, rbn, media malware gang, iframe injection attack, iframe injection, malware research, high-profile sites